{"id":86814,"date":"2026-04-29T18:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wrexham-chief-premier-league-promotion-would-be-greatest-sports-story-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:14:29","slug":"wrexham-chief-premier-league-promotion-would-be-greatest-sports-story-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wrexham-chief-premier-league-promotion-would-be-greatest-sports-story-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham chief: Premier League promotion would be &#8216;greatest sports story ever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Apr 29, 2026, 10:47 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Wrexham director Shaun Harvey said if the club gains promotion to the Premier League this season, it would be &#8220;the greatest sports story ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Red Dragons&#8217; campaign is finely poised, given they occupy the final Championship playoff position heading into the climax to the league on Saturday when they host Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>Goal difference alone separates them from seventh-placed Hull, with Derby still in the top-six mix too, as the club co-owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac target an historic fourth successive promotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Championship promotion race: Ipswich, Millwall, Wrexham &#8211; who&#8217;s going up?<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8211; York owner seeks to give Wrexham&#8217;s Reynolds &#8216;run for his money&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we do make it to the playoffs on Saturday afternoon, we have the chance of going back-to-back-to-back-to-back promotions,&#8221; Harvey said at SportsPro London<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we achieve that, as others have said and I agree, it would be the greatest sports story ever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/48627741\/visualisation\/27707521?2490397\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27707521\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no script, just a story to tell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As it happens, it&#8217;s authentic and that&#8217;s what makes Wrexham so relatable to many others who care to dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0429%2Fr1650954_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0429%2Fr1650954_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0429%2Fr1650954_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0429%2Fr1650954_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Wrexham director Shaun Harvey (left) is hoping Wrexham&#8217;s rise through the leagues continues.\u00a0<cite>Martin Rickett\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, he insisted that he did not want missing out on a playoff place to be deemed a failure, after Reynolds and Mac have taken Wrexham from the National League to the brink of the Premier League since buying the Welsh club five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The time is now. We&#8217;ve got one game to go of the league season,&#8221; Harvey said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To use Alex Ferguson&#8217;s favourite phrase, it definitely is squeaky bum time. Will we make it or won&#8217;t we make it? 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